11 December 2018
Voyager 2 joins its twin in interstellar space
... lying beyond. As of 5 November, scientists noted a steep decline in the speed of the solar wind particles, followed by a lack of further data on the solar wind flow around Voyager 2 since that date. Coupled with measurements from the probes...
December 2014
Terraforming Mars: from CFCs to Total Recall
...loses atmosphere continually through its interactions with the solar wind. Replacing this magnetic field is once again a daunting... although one might conceivably be able to block the solar wind by constructing a planet-sized shield at the L1 Lagrange ...
March 2016
The Use of 3D Printing for Space Applications
...is needed. As with a tree bent by the wind, the larger section is at the bottom where the wind loading is high. Much lighter structures, the branches,... are ‘built’ on top of the tree, where wind loads are minimal. The lesson was learnt: to take ...
July 2017
Hunting for neutrinos in the ice of Antarctica
...the technology will work. The stations rely only on solar and wind power and, during the endless day in the polar summer,...found using cold-resistant batteries that buffer energy from wind-generated power during the windy periods. What sounds perfectly...
January 2019
Saving humanity – is space up to the job?
...magnetosphere to allow an atmosphere to remain in place so the solar wind strips off the atmosphere on a continuous basis. But if we ... a shield for Mars to protect it from the solar wind and radiation, over time a natural new atmosphere could form...
June 2020
Titan’s evolving atmosphere
... meridional circulation on Titan, exhibiting a large variety in strength, width and seasonality. However, simulations of global wind patterns based on wind speed data taken by the Huygens probe have suggested that Titan’s atmosphere circulates in one...
